Brazil is the largest coffee producer in the world. Each year Brazil exports more than 44 million bags of coffee. Vietnam follows at exporting over 27 million bags each year.
HELIOSCOPE
Etymology
Noun
helioscope (plural helioscopes)
(astronomy) An apparatus for viewing the sun without harming the eye, by means of blackened glass or mirrors that reflect only a part of the light.
Source: Wiktionary
He"li*o*scope, n. Etym: [Helio- + -scope: cf. F. hélioscope.] (Astron.)
Definition: A telescope or instrument for viewing the sun without injury to the eyes, as through colored glasses, or with mirrors which reflect but a small portion of light.
– He`li*o*scop`ic, a.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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